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Flood Swap

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Play diagram for Flood Swap from Shotgun Trey Y-Flex in Madden 27

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Breakdown

Flood Swap is a classic three level flood concept built out of Trey Y-Flex, and the diagram shows the outside receiver pushing vertical up the sideline before breaking into a corner route, with the TE running an out and up (swap) route from the flex position that sits down over the flat defender, while the inline slot on that side clears underneath. On the backside, the diagram shows a deep dig or square in route crossing the field paired with an out breaking route underneath, giving the quarterback a full field read with high low stress on the play side flat defender and deep third defender. This is a Cover 3 beater by design since it stacks three receivers into one vertical zone, forcing the deep third corner and the flat defender to choose between the corner and the swap route, and the primary read progression starts with the flood side corner route, works down to the swap flat route, then comes back to the backside dig if the flood side is capped.

Defensive Reads

Pre-snap, identify whether the safety on the flood side is aligned deep and outside, which signals Cover 3 or Cover 4 and tells you the corner route has a shot versus a curl to flat defender. Post-snap, watch the flood side cornerback's first two steps, if he sinks and stays deep with the corner route the flat defender becomes the key defender to attack with the swap route. Man coverage with a jam at the line on the outside receiver is a sign to abort the flood progression and go directly to the backside dig, since man defenders trailing the corner route leave little separation. A user controlled linebacker sitting in the shallow flat or spying the swap route indicates the offense should hold the ball an extra beat and let the corner route develop rather than checking down immediately. Blitz packages that bring five or six rushers with only three defenders in coverage will leave the flood side outnumbered, so identify the extra rusher pre-snap and get the ball out on the swap route or hot route before the protection breaks down.

Usage Tips

Look for single high safety looks pre-snap since Flood Swap is built to punish Cover 3 and Cover 1 zone drops on the flood side.

If the corner shows man coverage with no help over the top, work the corner route on a back shoulder throw rather than forcing the flood progression.

Use the swap route as your answer versus underneath zone defenders who sink deep on the corner route, since the flat defender cannot cover both routes if he widens too early.

Call this on second and medium to second and long situations where the defense is likely to play zone shells, and pair it with Empty Flood Switch or Titans Flood Switch later in a series to keep the same flood picture while changing route depths.

Motion or check the backside dig route in your progression if the play side is rolled up with two deep safeties, since that window against a two high shell often opens faster than the flood.

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